Biology:Boletina griphoides

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Short description: Species of fly

Boletina griphoides
Boletina griphoides, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2015 2 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Boletina griphoides North Wales wing length 2.5-3 mm.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mycetophilidae
Genus: Boletina
Species:
B. griphoides
Binomial name
Boletina griphoides
(Edwards, 1925)

Boletina griphoides is a Palearctic[1] species of 'fungus gnat' in the family Mycetophilidae. The larvae of B. griphoides are thought to be mycetophagous in the ground litter. Adults sometimes appear in enormous numbers in spring in a wide variety of habitats.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. A. M. Hutson, D. M. Ackland and L. N. Kidd (1980) Diptera - Nematocera. Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae).Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 9 Part 3. Royal Entomological Society. http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part03.pdf

Wikidata ☰ Q14090032 entry